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In-Browser Windows 3.11

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Do you know Jeff Par? But you know PCjs, right? A Javascript based emulator that can bring an IBM PC to life in the browser, along with CPU, ROMs and graphics card.

Jeff is the author. 👏

What does all this have to do with Windows 3.11? At least enough, that the initial release of Windows 3.1 was on April 6, 1992, almost exactly 30 years ago this week. And thanks to Jeff's work, you can still use the (almost) last release 3.10 from 1993 right in your browser:

PCjs Windows 3.10

Besides this last, distinctive Windows release before Windows95, Jeff also provides a number of other ready-made environments. A real time sink. Especially because Wolfenstein is also included ... 🔫

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